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[MAGIC]. 15 Vintage Works on Magic, Cards, and Conjuring. Includes: Routledge’s Handbook of Conjuring. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1868]. With advertisements. — DOWNS, T. Nelson. Tricks with Coins. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1902. Embossed red cloth stamped in black. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated. A later edition of Downs’ Modern Coin Manipulation. — BLITZ, Signor. Fifty Years in the Magic Circle. Hartford: Belknap & Bliss. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co., 1871. First Edition. Bookplate of J.B.A. Janson. — TAYLOR, Rev. Ed. S. (editor). The History of Playing Cards and their Use in Conjuring and Card Sharing. London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. Illustrated with woodcuts. — Three volumes by CREMER, W.H., including The Secret Out, or 1000 Tricks with Cards. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [1859]. First Edition; Magic No Mystery. London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. Color frontispiece. From the George Daily Collection of Conjuring Books; The Magician’s Own Book. Edinburgh: John Grant, N.d. Pictorial stamped cloth boards, with gilt spines. — Three by WALLER, Charles. Waller’s Wonders (1927). [and] Magic from Below. London: George Johnson, 1929. [and] Original Creation for Magicians (Up his Sleeve). Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, 1920. Bookplate of Will Goldston. — GOLDSTON, Will. More Tricks & Puzzles Without Mechanical Apparatus. London: The Magician, Ltd., N.d. Bookplate of Francis White. — COLLINS, Stanley. Original Magical Creations. London: Will Goldston, Ltd., N.d. — Anonymous. Magic for Home and Stage. Chicago: Shrewsbury Publishing Co., 1929. New and Revised Edition. — ROBERTS, Charles. CRAYFORD, Charles. Foulsham’s Card & Conjuring Tricks. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, N.d. with the dust jacket. — NOAKES, Ernest E. Magical Originalities. London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1914. — HUNTER, Norman. CAMM, F.J. (ed.). Successful Conjuring for Amateurs. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1954. — Mix of 8vo and 12mo. Most are illustrated. Cloth bindings, some with pictorial covers. Shelf wear. Scattered ownership and handling marks; soiling; rubbing to covers; toning. Generally, fair or better condition.
